Door for grain-cars



(No Model.)

Patented May 12, 1885.

2 S 0 9 7 M .l. T 3 I 0. J N J Unrrnn STATES Parent O FFlQ SOLOMON n.WASHER, or ATOHISON, KANSAS.

oOoR FOR GRAlN-CAR SEECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No.317,900, dated May 12, 1885.

Application filed January 22, 1885. (X0 model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SOLOMON R. WASHER, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing at Atchison, in the county of Atchison and State ofKansas, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Doors forGrain- Cars; andI do hereby declarethe following to be a full, clear,and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to lettersor figures 'of reference marked thereon, which form a part of thisspecification.

My invention relates to certain new and use ful improvements in doorsfor grain-cars, the object of my invention being to provide a door whichcan be readily secured in position when desired, and removed when it isdesired to unload the car, as will be hereinafter fully set forth, andpointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, which illustrate my invention, Figure 1 isa perspective View showing my improvement applied to a grain-ear. Fig. 2is a perspectiveview showing the doonframe and door detached, and Fig. 3is a detailed sectional view.

A represents the door-frame,whicli consists of a sillpiece, B, which iscentrally provided with a recess, 11. To the door-sill are attachedvertical uprightsO G, which are of less width than the door-sill, theseuprights having attached to their inner faces headed bolts 0' c. Thedoor D is provided adjacent to each of its endswith vertical metallicplates (2 d,which are centrally provided with key-hole slots d, underwhich are formed recesses c, as shown in Fig. 3, said recesses beingadapted to receive the heads of the bolts 0. The door D is alsore-enforced by a transverse batten, E. The central portion of the doornear its base is provided with a vertical bolt, f, which is adapted toenter the recess b in the sill-piece B, and this bolt, in connectionwith the pivoted latch F, which is secured near one edge of the door toa block located above the batten D, will preventa lateral movement ofthe door, as said latch will bear against the side of one of theuprights, while the bolt enters the recess in the sill-piece, Adjacentto the block to which the latch is pivoted is secured a ratehet-bar,G,the object of said ratchet-bar being to form a fulcrum or resting-pointfor a lever which is employed to bring the latch to a horizontalposition.

hen it is desired to place the door in position, the larger portion ofthe keyhole slots in the vertical plates 01 are placed over the headedbolts-c, the latch F is then forced downwardly, as described, whichcauses a lateral movement of the door, and causes the head of the boltto engage with the smaller portion of the slots, thus preventing thedoor falling inwardly. It will be seen that the weight of the materialin the car will force said door against the inner side of the verticalupright, and the retaining means will be subject to but little strain;also, that when the door is in position the slots will be entirelycovered, so that the grain cannot find access to the recesses under saidslots. If desirable, the latch F may be centrally pivoted to the door,so that each of its ends will abut against the upright frames, and saidframes may be provided with vertical and inclined recesses for thereception of said ends. Bails may also be attached to the door, so as toextend over the latch. The bolt f is a precautionary feature designed tohold the door in position against tendency to shift should the latch F Faccidentally become dis engaged. \Vhen the latch F is to be operated toshift the door, the latch is forced down bya bar or lever having abearing or fulcrum against the under side of one of the teeth of therack-bar, while the end of the lever rests upon the latch and thusforces it down.

I am aware of Patent No. 211,776, granted January 28, 1879, to LB.Pelton and F. Hall, and No. 17 4,239, granted February 29, 1876, to Z.M. Hibbard; and I do not wish to be understood as claiming, broadly, anyfeatures disclosed in said patents.

I claim- 1. In agrain-car door, the frame having vertical uprights, withprojecting headed pins attached to the inner sides thereof, incombination with the door D, provided with vertical metallic plates withkey hole slots formed therein, and a pivoted latch adapted to abutagainst one of the vertical uprights of the doorframe, substantially asshown, and for the pur pose set forth.

2. In a door for grain-ears, the frame A, con- In testimony whereof Iaffix my signature in 10 sisting of sill-piece, vertical uprights havingpresence of two witnesses. headed bolts attached to the inner side ofsaid uprights, in combination with the Ver- SOLOMON R. WASHER. 5 ticalmetallic plates d,with key-hole slots and recesses, transverse batten E,pivoted latch F, Witnesses: ratchet-bar G, adjacent thereto, and bolt f,THos. B. GERON, the parts being organized substantially as O. J. WHITE.shown, and for the purpose set forth.

